Who do Americans blame for the VA scandal? — Shares - — NEW YORK — Americans split in their thoughts over who they think is most to blame for the problems at Veterans Affairs department medical facilities, which involve allegations that VA hospitals kept delays in treatment off the books …

VA scandal is bipartisan — If even one American veteran has died because of inadequate treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Obama and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki owe veterans an apology. Virtually all members and the leaders of both parties in both houses of Congress owe veterans an apology.

Obama, the unaccountable president — ANALYSIS / OPINION — “All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.” — Will Rogers — Has there ever been a president in the history of America who knew less than President Obama?

The Case for Reparations — Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole. — Ta-Nehisi Coates … — Deuteronomy 15: 12-15

Clinton allies pressured Dems on Benghazi — Hillary Clinton's world was so worried about a Republican investigation of the Benghazi attacks, they sent a message to House Democrats: We need backup. — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) publicly considered boycotting the panel …

It Wasn't Household Debt That Caused the Great Recession — Why are nearly 10 million people still out of work today? Was it because in September 2008, the U.S. government failed to bail out the insolvent investment bank Lehmann Brothers? Was it because the two U.S. housing finance giants Fannie Mae …

Tax preparers balk at IRS education standards — The nation's accountants are staging a pre-emptive strike against an expected move by the Internal Revenue Service to impose voluntary education standards for tax preparers. — The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) …

How Obama Became the Superhero of Excuses — Meant to mock president's critics, the ‘Green Lantern’ theory underscores the gap between his promise and his performance. — In this photo taken by a government photographer for Halloween 2012, President Obama pretends to be caught in Spider-Man's web as he greets Nicholas Tamarin, 3.

Still a Nation of Immigrants — The American melting pot appears to be heating up again, and its ingredients have grown ever more varied. — In 1908, when a play called “The Melting Pot” was first staged in New York City, helping to popularize the term, New York had a foreign-born population …

More ‘War On Women’ Deleted Tweets - Democrat Congressional Candidate Asks Followers to Assail Conservative Woman With ‘C-Word’! — I already showed how Clay Aiken deleted a tweet advocating violence against Ann Coulter, and how Buzzfeed accidentally neglected to mention it in their post about his deleted tweets.

The Victim Presidency — As many have remarked here, Barack Obama has a strange habit of acting like somebody else has been president these past years. It's really odd. — In his speech on the VA, the president said that he would not stand for things that he clearly and undeniably …

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